George Russell, the influential jazz composer, architect of the Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization, MacArthur Fellow and longtime New England Conservatory faculty member, has died at age 86.
The coverage of Mr. Russell's death has been extensive, of course, below is only a sampling:
Boston Globe
Los Angeles Times
The Washington Post
National Public Radio
JazzTimes
Do The Math blog (The Bad Plus)
Jazz.com
"The Future of Jazz" television show from 1958, featuring George Russell, Bill Evans, Tony Scott, Art Farmer, Jimmy Cleveland, Doc Severinsen, Ed Thigpen, Mundell Lowe, and Eddie Safranski (video)
George Russell chatting with Ornette Coleman
New England Conservatory
George Russell official web site
My practice has been to include, in the interest of brevity, only obituaries of artist with whom the Celebrity Series has had a presenting relationship. Though the Celebrity Series of Boston never presented Mr. Russell or his ensembles, undoubtedly a number of Celebrity Series artists have been influenced by his work.
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